Engineering Manager, Benepass

• Technical Expertise: Deep software engineering experience, particularly in Python/Django, JavaScript/React or React Native, enabling you to guide architectural decisions and contribute code hands-on
• Leadership & Empathy: Exceptional communicator who builds psychological safety, encourages diverse perspectives, and coaches engineers toward their growth goals
• Outcome-Driven: Passionate about owning end-to-end outcomes, from roadmap planning to production monitoring, ensuring customer delight and system reliability
• Disciplined Craft: Committed to simplicity, clean code, and rigorous processes (e.g., code reviews, automated testing) aligned with Benepass’s values of discipline and scalability
• Experience: 5+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years leading teams of 3–8 engineers, ideally in a startup or SaaS environment focused on client apps
• Technical Leadership: Proven ability to lead design reviews, enforce coding standards, and prototype solutions in JavaScript/React, React Native, or Python/Django, ensuring scalable, secure systems
• People Development: Experience mentoring engineers through 1:1s, setting growth goals tied to an IC matrix, and building inclusive hiring pipelines
• Delivery Excellence: Track record of managing SDLC processes, defining KPIs (e.g., DORA metrics, velocity), and delivering high-quality client app features on time

Desirable

• As an Engineering Manager at Benepass, you will lead a team of 3–8 engineers owning our client apps, including multiple web applications and our mobile application built in React Native
• Reporting to the Vice President of Engineering, you will drive end-to-end outcomes for user-facing experiences, ensuring scalable, secure, and delightful solutions that empower employees to access their benefits seamlessly
• With a strong technical background, you will stay hands-on, jumping in to code, prototype, or debug alongside your team when needed, while excelling in communication and leadership to shape technical strategy, mentor engineers, and foster a high-performing, inclusive culture
• Your leadership will ensure our platform and team scale to support Benepass’s ambitious growth, aligning with our Engineering Department Values: Own the Outcome, Discipline in the Small Things, Keep It Simple, Ship It Fast, Empathy & Open Collaboration, and Build with Craft, Stability, Scale, and Security
• OUR TECHNOLOGY AND STACK
• Python, Django, Django Rest Framework, GraphQL, JavaScript, React, Tailwind CSS, React Native (plus a bit of Swift/Objective-C and Java/Kotlin when it’s called for), AWS, Docker